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Sunday, August 28, 2016

Will UNRWA schools in Jerusalem be part of the incitement crackdown? - David Bedein

by David Bedein

Why should UNRWA schools be outside the jurisdiction of the Israeli Education Ministry?

Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of news stories in
the Israeli media that Israel will finally "crack down on incitement in
east Jerusalem schools" and that "the Jerusalem Municipality is
censoring textbooks designated for Arab students in Jerusalem" in order
to delete the war education which has dominated Israeli Arab schools in
Jerusalem ever since these schools began to adopt the virulent PA
curriculum introduced in August 2000.

However,
before jumping to conclusions that a new policy is about to be
implemented thoroughly, it is vital to note that representatives of the
Israel Ministry of Education testified at Knesset Parliament Education
Committee on Oct. 27, 2015 that they do not supervise or oversee UNRWA
schools, curriculum or the UNRWA teachers that operate in Jerusalem. Jerusalem
Municipality Education Department officials reported to me in an
interview three years ago that 42% of the Arab students in Jerusalem
study in UNRWA schools.

Israel
Resource News Agency, the news outlet that I run in Jerusalem, has
submitted an official formal inquiry to the Israeli government and the
Israeli Knesset Education Committee, to ask if and when UNRWA schools
will now be included in the "crackdown on incitement in east Jerusalem
schools."

We await an answer.

If UNRWA schools are not included in the crackdown on incitement in Jerusalem schools, that crackdown will be meaningless.

Since
last October, Israel Resource News Agency has submitted numerous
inquiries to all Israeli government officials to ask why it is that the
Israeli Ministry of Education, operating in sovereign Jerusalem, does
not take responsibility for UNRWA schools which operate in sovereign
Israel.

We await an answerDavid BedeinSource: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/19398 Follow Middle East and Terrorism on TwitterCopyright - Original materials copyright (c) by the authors.